The tax authorities of Kazakhstan may suspend the activities of the International Journalism Center “MediaNet” in the near future. This is stated in an open appeal on the organization’s website. On January 25, the tax authorities of Kazakhstan fined Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and the Rule of Law (KIBHR) $ 5.5 thousand and […]
Five vice-ministers of Kazakhstan are suspected of committing criminal offenses. This was announced by the head of the Anti-Corruption Agency Alik Shpekbaev at the meeting of the Department’s board. According to Shpekbaev, in 2020, 6 political employees were dismissed for corruption offenses of their subordinates in accordance with the legislative norm on personal responsibility. 9 […]
The International Coalition “Cotton Campaign” summed up the results of monitoring the cotton harvest 2020 and issued the statement. It states that there were more pickers who worked of their own free will than those mobilized against their will. “The progress, we are seeing in the harvest of 2020, shows that Uzbekistan has a real […]
The Financial Police detained the shift chief of the checkpoint “Red Belt” (“Kyzyl Bel”) of the State Customs Service. This was reported by the Department. A private entrepreneur has applied to the Financial Police to take action against the officials of the checkpoint “Red Belt” (“Kyzyl Bel”). According to him, using their official position on […]
Ex-Prime Minister Mukhammedkaly Abylgaziev has been detained. A former high-ranking official was placed in the temporary detention center of the State Committee for National Security. The ex-Prime Minister is suspected of illegal enrichment. The decision to choose a measure of restraint for the former head of government will soon be made by Pervomaisky District court […]
The ex-head of the Southern branch of the state enterprise “Kyrgyz railways” (“Kyrgyz Temir Zholu”), suspected of embezzling state property, was allowed to go home after compensation for damages. Earlier, the Anti-Corruption Service under the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan revealed a corruption scheme in the Southern branch of the state-owned enterprise “Kyrgyz […]
The former Vice Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan, Anatoly Shkarupa, was acquitted by the court decision. Earlier, he was accused together with Chairman of the Board of the joint-stock company “Housing and Utilities Development Fund”, Kaysar Baidaly, and the Director of ENERCO, Erlan Nabiev, of budget funds’ embezzlement in the amount of more than a […]
Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and the Rule of Law was fined $ 5.5 thousand by the tax authorities, and its activities were suspended for 3 months. The reason was violations of the tax law. As ACCA has already reported, in December last year, seven independent non-governmental organizations of Kazakhstan, which were receiving funding […]
The Director of the Department of Roads under the Ministry of Transport and Roads is suspected of illegal enrichment. Based on the collected materials, pre-trial proceedings were started on the grounds of a crime under article 323 “Illegal enrichment”. This was reported by the State Committee for National Security. It was established that during the […]
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